Billionaire Scot Sir Tom Hunter steps in to help ‘turbo-charge’ Kiltwalk

Scotland’s first home-grown billionaire is to help raise funds for children’s charities across the country by backing the Kiltwalk.

Entrepreneur and businessman Sir Tom Hunter has pledged to secure the future of the growing charity event by providing long-term funding and support.

The Scottish-themed walking events have grown to become one of the nation’s biggest fundraisers, securing more than £4.7 million for good causes in the past three years.

“The Kiltwalk is a fantastic concept for raising much-needed funds for Scotland’s children’s charities and has our absolute support,” said Sir Tom, who is chairman of The Hunter Foundation.

“We intend, over the next couple of months, to redefine and improve the model, building on the foundations already in place, to maximize returns for charities and turbo-charge Scotland’s Kiltwalkers for 2016.”

A new board of trustees will announce the innovations to the Kiltwalk for 2016 once the walks already scheduled for 2015 including walks in Dundee and Perth are completed.